2014 - images of november - nov 16 - nov 23

2014- Images of NOVEMBERNov. 16 – Nov. 23

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Kurds hold flags during a solidarity rally with the Syrian city of Kobani in the village of Caykara, Turkey, on the Turkey-Syria border, just across from Kobani, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. Tens of thousands of Kurds are rallying in Turkish cities in solidarity with the embattled Syrian city of Kobani, which has been under a brutal siege by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A person in costume poses for a portrait during the annual Gay Pride parade in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights in Argentina are among the most advanced in Latin America, being the first country of this region to legalize same-sex marriage and Congress approving in 2012 the Argentina Gender Identity Law which enabled people to change their names and sexes on official documents without first getting approval from a judge or doctor. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Floodwaters caused by heavy rains surround a farm near the village of Magadino in Ticino, Switzerland, on Nov. 16.

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PhotographerKevin LamarqueLocationBRISBANE, AustraliaU.S. President Barack Obama (C) gestures as he meets with European leaders to discuss the situation in Ukraine, at the G20 in Brisbane November 16, 2014. Pictures are (L-R) Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, French President Francois Hollande, Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission...

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PhotographerJason Reed

LocationBRISBANE, Australia

Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves his hotel en route to Brisbane Airport as he leaves the G20 leaders summit early,

November 16, 2014. Putin told reporters he was leaving before the release of the G20's communique because of the long

flight to Russia and he wanted to get some sleep. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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Floral tributes are seen outside DanumAcademy, in Doncaster, where four of the five teenagers killed when two cars collided in South Yorkshire were students. Blake Cairns, 16, Arpad Kore, 18, Jordanna Goodwin, 16 and Megan Storey, 16, died in the crash at Conisbrough, on Saturday.

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PhotographerYorgos KarahalisLocationATHENS, GreeceFlowers are placed on a monument inside the Athens' Polytechnic school, on the eve of the 41st anniversary of a 1973 student uprising against the then military ruling junta in Athens.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerIsmail Zetouni

LocationTRIPOLI, Libya

Officials of Muammar Gaddafi's government sit behind bars during a

hearing at a courtroom in Tripoli.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerAntonio BronicLocationGrabovo, UkraineA crane carries wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 at the site of the plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerJim YoungLocationST. LOUIS, United StatesDemonstrators lay on the ground with chalk outlines representing a mock crime scene during a protest marking the 100th day since the shooting death of Michael Brown in St. Louis, Missouri.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerOsman Orsal

LocationSURUC, Turkey

A Kurdish refugee family from the Syrian town of Kobani rest inside their tent in a

refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province.

Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerWong Campion

LocationPUER, China

A staff member measures the height of a black bear at a

national forest park in Puer, Yunnan province, China. The park

for the first time measured the height and weight of six kinds of

animals, including the black bear, red panda, slow loris, white-

cheeked gibbon and egret, for data collection purposes.


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PhotographerMaxim Shemetov

LocationMoscow, Russia

Spain's Javier Fernandez performs during the exhibition gala at the

Rostelecom Cup ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Moscow.


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PhotographerFeisal OmarLocationMogadishu, SomaliaSoldiers and civilians stand next to a car that exploded, leaving one person dead, along Maka Al Mukarama street near Dayax Hotel in Somali's capital Mogadishu.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerYuya ShinoLocationTOKYO, JapanFans look at a dance performance by third base umpire during the fourth inning of an exhibition baseball game between Japan and U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Stars in Tokyo.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerAlessandro Garofalo

LocationMILAN, Italy

Croatia's supporter throw flares onto the field during their Euro 2016 qualifying soccer

match against Italy at the San Siro stadium in Milan.


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PhotographerKevin Lamarque

LocationBRISBANE, Australia

President Obama, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet at

the G20 in Brisbane.Reuters / Sunday, November 16,

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PhotographerDylan MartinezLocationLONDON, United KingdomRoger Federer of Switzerland waits to announce that he is injured and unfit to play Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's singles final tennis match at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 in London.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerTomas BravoLocationMexico City, MexicoStudents take part in a protest in support of a fellow student who was shot in the leg and against the violation of the autonomy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico by police forces, at the university campus in Mexico City.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerKai PfaffenbachLocationHOMBERG (OHM), GermanyA policewoman stands next to a destroyed house after an explosion in Homberg, Germany. The driver of a car was killed and seven people, two of them policemen, wounded on Sunday in an explosion possibly caused by the owner with a car bomb after family disputes.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerJason ReedLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaGermany's Chancellor Angela Merkel plays with models of trucks during an interactive demonstration of transportation logistics during her visit to the Future Logistics Living Lab in Sydney.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerCathal McNaughton

LocationDUBLIN, Ireland

Ireland's Dave Kilcoyne scores a try against Georgia during their international rugby test

match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerYuya Shino

LocationTOKYO, Japan

A man takes a nap along a street next to his belongings as pedestrians walk

past at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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Man checks damage in flooded lane near Vigevano, Italy when the river Ticino surges of water overflowing the banks following heavy rain, on November 16, 2014.

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PhotographerDavid GrayLocationCANBERRA, AustraliaAustralian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove stands with China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, as she holds a wombat in the grounds of Government House in Canberra, Australia.Reuters / Sunday, November 16, 2014

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PhotographerBrent Smith

LocationINDIANAPOLIS, United States

Paula (L) and Ed Kassig, parents of U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig who was behaded by Islamic State militants, walk toward microphones before reading a statement to the

press in Indianapolis, Indiana. The parents of Peter, beheaded by Islamic State militants after his abduction in Syria, asked for prayers for other captives in Syria and Iraq

in a brief public statement at their Indianapolis church.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerMarcelo del PozoLocationSANLUCAR LA MAYOR, SpainA tower at Abengoa solar plant at "Solucar" solar park is seen in Sanlucarla Mayor, near the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationSURUC, TurkeyA Kurdish refugee woman from the Syrian town of Kobaniwalks with her children at a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfaprovince in Turkey.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerStringer AustraliaLocationSYDNEY, AustraliaIndia's Prime Minister Narendra Modireacts as he speaks to members of the Australian-Indian community during a reception at the Allphones Arena located at Sydney Olympic Park in western Sydney.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerAndrea De SilvaLocationManzanilla, Trinidad and TobagoPolice Constable Patrice Clarke jumps over a collapsed portion of Naparima Mayaro Road, as flood waters continue to flow from the adjoining Nariva swamp basin following two days of rainfall in the country, in Manzanilla on Trinidad's East coast November 17, 2014. According to local authorities, more than 80 per cent of the road has been submerged by over a foot of water for the past two days, destroying the road's surface as it...Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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A women bathe children in a slum in front of the newly built apartments in the housing construction

program "Minha Casa, Minha Vida" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Nov. 17, 2014

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A little poodle beauty after contested the 2014 international Pet Fair of China in Beijing. The fair takes place from September 17 to October 11.

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Residents of the neighborhood of Prtrovskiy Donetsk sitting in a shelter. Most of the people in the shelters have resided here for more than four hours

uninterrupted bombardment during the war between the rebels are backed by the Kremlin and the military Government of Ukraine.

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The women who participated in a protest on the main road in the capital of Nairobi of Kenya. The protesters demanded justice for a woman is attacked and his recent Muslim clothing in Nairobi by men who claimed that her indecent dress.

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Palestinian protesters sat atop a section of Israel's controversial barrier separating the city of Abu Dis in the West Bank off from Jerusalem.

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Workers cleaning the window of an office building, next to the statue of Don Juan de Borbon, the grandfather of the King of Spain Felipe in Madrid.

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PhotographerPhil Noble

LocationNAFFERTON, United Kingdom

Experts wearing protective suits are seen at a duck farm in Nafferton,

northern England. Bird flu found on a duck farm in northern England

might be linked to a highly contagious strain of the disease found this weekend at a poultry

farm in the central Netherlands, as well as a case early this month in

Germany.Reuters / Monday, November 17,

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PhotographerHosam Katan

LocationALEPPO, Syria

Men search for belongings amongst the rubble of damaged buildings in al-

Kalaseh neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerRodrigo GarridoLocationSANTIAGO, ChileAlexandra Munoz, 5, who lost her hair due to chemotherapy for a brain tumor, poses in the cancer ward of the Luis Calvo MackennaHospital in Santiago, Chile, October 30, 2014. The wigs, handmade by Italian-Chilean hair stylist Marcelo Avatte and his team, have helped the children regain their self-esteem and confidence during cancer treatment. Renowned for making customised wigs, Avatte has donated more than 300 wigs since 2009 and...Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerAmmar Awad

LocationABU DIS, Palestinian Territories

Palestinian protesters climb a ladder at Israel's controversial barrier that

separates the West Bank town of Abu Dis from Jerusalem November

17, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters / Monday, November 17,

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PhotographerMarcelo del PozoLocationSANLUCAR LA MAYOR, SpainA tower at Abengoa solar plant at "Solucar" solar park is seen in Sanlucar la Mayor, near Seville, Spain November 17, 2014. REUTERS/Marcelo del PozoReuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerStringer .Location

Hekendorp, NetherlandsA digger is used to dump eggs and chickens into

a container at a poultry farm, where H5N8, a highly contagious strain of bird flu, was found

by Dutch authorities, in Hekendorp November 17, 2014. REUTERS/Marco De Swart

Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerOsman OrsalLocationSURUC, TurkeyAn explosion following an air strike is seen in central Kobani in Syria. Picture taken from the Turkish side of the Turkish-Syrian border. REUTERS/Osman OrsalReuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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People light and place candles in a shape of heart to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Conscripts stand at a military conscription office in Grozny, Chechnya’s provincial capital, Russia, Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. The Russian military has begun drafting conscripts from the province of Chechnya for the first time since a separatist war. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

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A burned poster of an unidentified Bahraini candidate stands in Sanabis village, near the capital Manama, Bahrain Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. The Bahrain parliamentary elections will be held on Nov. 22. Bahrain’s parliamentary and municipal elections will be held Nov. 22 despite a boycott by several political opposition societies who have urged Bahrainis to stay away from the polls. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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Smoke rises from the Syrian city of Kobani, following airstrikes by the US

led coalition, seen from a hilltop outside Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria

border Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and

its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic

State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.

(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Seen through an air vent of a tent a Syrian Kurdish refugee woman from the Kobani area holds a child on a cold morning at a camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. Kobani, also known as AynArab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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William Isakson, 6, right, looks up toward his grandfather, Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., far left, as he speaks during a news conference to announce his re-election bid for the 2016 campaign at the state Capitol, Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, in Atlanta. The Republican, who'll be seeking his third term, told about 200 supporters Monday that he wants to keep fighting to build up Georgia's infrastructure, pass a balanced budget amendment and reduce federal spending. Gov. Nathan Deal praised Isakson as a "stable conservative leader." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Kenyan women protest for the right to wear whichever clothes they want, accompanied by a male supporter, left, seen reflected and through the windows of a minibus, at a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. A recent incident in which a mob of men surrounded a woman and tore her clothes off, leaving her naked on the street in front of a bus stop after alleging that she was improperly dressed, is one of several such videos that have surfaced online in recent days leading to a groundswell of anger that on Monday prompted around 1000 demonstrators, including a number of men supporting the women's cause, to march through the capital and protest online using the hashtag #MyDressMyChoice. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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PhotographerJim YoungLocationCLAYTON, United StatesDemonstrators take part in a protest in front of the building where the grand jury is looking into the shooting death of Michael Brown in Clayton, Missouri, November 17, 2014. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerYannis Behrakis

LocationATHENS, Greece

Protesters try to flee from riot policemen during clashes at a rally marking the 41st

anniversary of a 1973 student uprising against a U.S. backed military dictatorship in

then ruling Greece, near the U.S. embassy in Athens November 17, 2014.

REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisReuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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Masked men paraded through the City Center celebrates 25 years of velvet revolution in Prague, Czech

Republic.Nov. 17, 2014

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Thousands of those pieces of colorful sticky notes stuck on "Lennon Wall" while a couple holding a yellow umbrella, the symbol of civil disobedience movement occupied the Middle, passing by at the Admiralty Hong Kong in protest.

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Shoppers at the flea market in the city of Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine while shelling continued to shake the stronghold of pro-Russian separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine..

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PhotographerJoe PenneyLocationKOUREMALE, MaliSoldiers stand guard as Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (not pictured) gives a speech on Ebola precautions in Kouremale, at Mali'sborder with Guinea.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaA boy carries belongings as he walks on rubble of damaged buildings in al-Kalasehneighborhood of Aleppo.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerTyrone Siu

LocationHONG KONG, China

A masked pro-democracy protester climbs on a barricade after the arrival of bailiffs under a court injunction to

clear up part of the protest site, outside the government headquarters

in Hong Kong.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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PhotographerThomas Peter


Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the

founding of the Komeito Party in Tokyo.

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PhotographerYannis BehrakisLocationATHENS, GreeceA protester holds a burned U.S. flag during a rally marking the 41st anniversary of a 1973 student uprising against a U.S. backed military dictatorship in then ruling Greece, outside the U.S. embassy in Athens.Reuters / Monday, November 17, 2014

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Indian soldiers take part in a demonstration of 'fire breathing' at the start of Operation Hand in Hand - a joint training exercise between

Indian and Chinese troops - at Aundh Military Camp in Pune on November 18, 2014. The ten day exercise with the Asian neighbours in

the western Indian state of Maharashtra is set to focus on sharing strategic knowhow in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism

operations. AFP PHOTO/STRSTRDEL/AFP/Getty Images

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Ducks are loaded onto a lorry following a cull at a farm in Nafferton, East Yorkshire operated by Cherry

Valley after a bird flu outbreak. Nafferton, East Yorkshire, UK, on Tuesday November 18, 2014.

Government vets are investigating if the case of 'highly pathogenic' H5 avian flu, found on the farm

near Driffield is linked to a similar case in the Netherlands. Photo by Lynne Cameron/PA

Wire/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstrators show red cards for Czech President Milos Zeman during a rally to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Prague, which ended Communism in former Czechoslovakia.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Indian community at a reception in Sydney during his ongoing trip to Australia, the first by an Indian leader in 28 years.

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Actress Angelina Jolie takes a selfie with fans at the world premiere of her film Unbroken at the State Theatre in Sydney. Based on the life of World War Two American prisoner of war Louis Zamperini, the drama was produced and directed by Jolie and filmed in Australia.

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Tony Jardine and co-driver Peta Cavendish drive their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX in the Alwen Forest special stage of the Wales Rally GB in Llandudno, Conwy.

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Opposition candidate Klaus Iohannis has won a surprise victory in Romania's presidential election, defeating Prime Minister Victor Ponta after a tight race. MrIohannis, 55 and an ethnic German, vowed to change politics and said "another kind of Romania is beginning".

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Runners kiss as they get married or renew their vows at a run-through wedding chapel during the Rock'n'Roll Las Vegas Marathon.

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The Euro 2016 qualifier between Italy and Croatia was interrupted on

two occasions when flares were thrown on to the pitch and riot police intervened to control disturbances in

the crowd. The Group H match, which ended 1-1, was stopped in

both halves, with players taken off for 10 minutes after the break by

referee Bjorn Kuipers

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A Kurdish boy, whose family fled the Syrian town of Kobane, looks out from the inside of a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc

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A young woman places a lighted candle in front of a picture of former Czech

President Vaclav Havel in Prague on the 25th anniversary of Czechoslovakia's

Velvet Revolution

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Riot police walk past burning barricades in Thessaloniki in Greece after 40,000 people marched to commemorate the 1973 students' uprisingNov. 18, 2014

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Doctors from Operation Smile perform surgeries on patients with facial deformities at a hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam

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A health official arrives at a duck farm in Yorkshire in the UK where 6,000 birds were discovered to be infected with bird fluRiot police march by burning barricades in Thessaloniki during a massive march commemorating the 1973 students' uprising against the military junta on 17 November 2014

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hugged by his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott during a reception at the Melbourne Cricket GroundDoctors perform surgeries, provided by Operation Smile, to repair facial deformities for patients, at the Vietnam Cuba hospital in Hanoi on 18 November 2014.

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PhotographerTyrone SiuLocationHONG KONG, ChinaBuilding employees dismantle a barricade outside Citic Tower in accordance with a court injunction to clear up part of the protest site, outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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A protester holds up a picture of Haiti’s former President Jean Bertrand Aristide during an anti-government protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Protesters are demanding the resignation of Michel Martelly. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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A group of female spectators leave as another group follows a debate of the Iranian parliament on a vote of confidence for nominee for the post of science minister Fakhroddin Ahamadi Danesh Ashtiani proposed by the President Hassan Rouhani, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Iran’s parliament rejected Rouhani’s nominee for the post of science minister over his pro-reform tendencies. In October the parliament rejected Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi, another nominee for the same post; the same body dismissed former-Science Minister Reza Faraji Dana in August over similar allegations. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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A foal, right, walks on the land next to a mare as fog covers the landscape on an autumn sunrise in Ezquiroz, near to Pamplona northern Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. The autumn season paints the landscape with his brilliant colors and make a special atmosphere with the fog. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)Nov. 18, 2014

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A mailman carries mail through a patch of setting sunlight outside of a corner market, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, in Baltimore, where temperatures hovered around freezing most of the day. Maryland fared better than other states Tuesday when a wintry blast that included bitter cold in spots created havoc across a wide swath of the country. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Nov. 18, 2014

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Two youths look at bullet holes and forensic evidence inside a synagogue after an attack in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Two Palestinians stormed a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday, attacking worshippers praying inside with knives, axes and guns, and killing four people before they were killed in a shootout with police, officials said. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Syrian Kurdish refugee children from the Kobani area speak after receiving food rations in front of living quarters separated by plastic sheets at a camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Kobani, also known as AynArab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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PhotographerAlexandre MeneghiniLocationHAVANA, CubaChildren make a line during a wrestling training session in front of pictures of late Cuban revolutionary hero Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (L), former Cuban President Fidel Castro (C) and Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, on the outskirts of Havana, November 1, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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PhotographerBaz Ratner

LocationJERUSALEM, Israel

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the

media on a Palestinian attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem November 18,

2014.

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PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaA general view shows the Zeno street frontline in Aleppo, Syria November 18, 2014.

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PhotographerAmmar Awad


Members of the Israeli Zakaemergency response team clean

blood from the scene of an attack at a Jerusalem synagogue.

Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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PhotographerRafael MarchanteLocationLisbon, PortugalA tourist is seen through a soap bubble as she takes a picture at Comercio square in downtown Lisbon, Portugal November 18, 2014.

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Swans are gathered at city hall

lock on the Alster Lake at City Hall in Hamburg, Germany, 18 November 2014. The Alsterswans will spend the winter in the Eppendorf Muehlenteichpond. EPA/CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS

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An aerial view of the Atibainha dam, part of the Cantareira reservoir, during a drought in Nazare Paulista, Sao Paulo state November 18, 2014. Brazil's worst drought in 80 years has left the Cantareira system, that provides greater Sao Paulo with most of its water, with the lowest water level on record, with daily rationing becoming common in the region's smaller cities, according to the state authorities and the two main reservoirs serving metropolitan Sao Paulo, South America's largest city, could dry out by February if relief does not arrive in the upcoming rainy season. REUTERS/Nacho Doce(BRAZIL - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

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Passengers flee from a mock plane fuselage, which is on the assumption that it fails to land, during an exercise of a rescue operation at Bali's International

Ngurah Rai airport, Indonesia, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. The drill was held by the Bali International airport's staff members to improve their skills for any

emergency case. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)Nov. 18, 2014

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PhotographerAndrew NellesLocationCHICAGO, United StatesA small cargo plane is seen crashed into the side of a home in Chicago. The occupants of the home escaped uninjured after the crash but Chicago police said they did not have information about potential injuries sustained by the pilot, who authorities said was the only occupant of the plane.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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PhotographerPOOL New

LocationWashington, United States

A doughnut-shaped protective safety net hangs from the ceiling of the rotunda in the U.S. Capitol

during a tour of the U.S. Capitol Dome Restoration Project in

Washington, November 18, 2014.

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PhotographerStringer IndiaLocationHARYANA, IndiaSupporters of Satguru RampaljiMaharaj, a self-styled "godman" take shelter under placards as they are hit by a police water cannon during a protest outside the ashram of Rampal in Hisar in the northern Indian state of Haryana. Followers of the self-styled "godman" armed with clubs and stones defied rounds of teargas from Indian security forces, preventing police from arresting the controversial guru who is wanted on murder...Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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PhotographerMohamed AzakirLocationZAHLE, LebanonA Syrian refugee girl stands outside a tent at a refugee camp in Zahle in the Bekaavalley in Lebanon.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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PhotographerRonen Zvulun


An Israeli police officer gestures as he holds a weapon near the scene of an

attack at a Jerusalem synagogue.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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PhotographerMohamed AzakirLocationZAHLE, LebanonSyrian refugees are seen at a refugee camp in Zahle in the Bekaavalley in Lebanon.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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PhotographerIvan Alvarado

LocationSANTIAGO, Chile

An aerial view of roads as mining trucks travel along at CODELCO'S Andina copper mine at Los

Andes Mountain range, near Santiago city. The rock glaciers of the Chilean central zone, a huge source

of water for the basins of the capital, are said to be threatened by the environmental impacts of

hydroelectric and mining projects, according to environmental activists Greenpeace.


Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerStephen LamLocationSAN FRANCISCO, United StatesDog owner Dean Clark presents Frida, a female Chihuahua, as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors issues a special commendation naming Frida "Mayor of San Francisco for a Day" in San Francisco. Frida, a previously unknown female Chihuahua, has won her first political office, being named Mayor of San Francisco for the day as part of a campaign to support the city's animal shelter.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerYuya ShinoLocationTOKYO, JapanPeople in front of an electronic board, showing various stock prices, are reflected in a polished stone surface outside a brokerage in Tokyo.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014




Police shout to protesters as they try to break into the Legislative Council in

Hong Kong.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerAmr DalshLocationCAIRO, EgyptThe Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie (L) prays with other leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood behind bars during their trial on charges of spying and terrorism at a court in the police academy on the outskirts of Cairo.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerAlexandre MeneghiniLocationHAVANA, CubaJonatan Leliebre, 10 (L), and Oscar Torres, 9, exercise before a wrestling practice session at an old Basque ball gymnasium in downtown Havana. Picture taken October 30, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerDado Ruvic

LocationZENICA, Bosnia and Herzegovina

A man walks on the street during heavy smog in the central Bosnian town of

Zenica.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerIbraheem Abu Mustafa

LocationRAFAH, Palestinian Territories

Masked Palestinians hold axes and a gun as they celebrate with others an attack on a

Jerusalem synagogue, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.


Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerIbraheem Abu MustafaLocationRAFAH, Palestinian TerritoriesA Palestinian woman scatters sweets as she celebrates with others an attack on a Jerusalem synagogue, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerHosam KatanLocationALEPPO, SyriaAl-Mujahideen army fighters, which operates under the Free Syrian Army, sit in shooting positions inside a damaged room during clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on the Zeno street frontline in Aleppo.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerStringer .LocationDAMASCUS, SyriaAn injured man sits at a field hospital after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerNacho Doce

LocationNAZARE PAULISTA, Brazil

An aerial view of the Atibainha dam, part of the Cantareira reservoir,

during a drought in Nazare Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil, state November

18, 2014.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18,

2014

Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerFabian BimmerLocationHAMBURG, GermanySwans sit in a boat after they were rounded up from Hamburg's inner city lake Alster. Every year the swans are collected from waterways around the northern German city of Hamburg and taken to winter quarters where they are fed and cared for until the spring.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014


PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationJERUSALEM, IsraelThe bodies of Aryeh Kopinsky (C), CalmanLevine (L) and Avraham Shmuel Goldberg lie in vehicles during their funeral near the scene of an attack at a Jerusalem synagogue.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 18, 2014


Nov. 19 , 2014


PhotographerTony GentileLocationVATICAN CITY, Vatican CityPope Francis tries to grab an envelope as he arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican November 19, 2014.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19 2014


Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerThomas Peter

LocationKYOTO, Japan

Tourists, dressed in traditional Japanese kimonos, stand in a park in Kyoto, western Japan November 19,

2014.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19,

2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerIssei KatoLocationTokyo, JapanJapanese lawmakers including Toshihiro Nikai (3rd L), former Economy, Trade and Industry Minister, and Daishiro Yamagiwa (3rd R, back toward camera), State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, taste whale meat menu during a whale meat promotion event at a restaurant in the ministry in Tokyo, Japan, November 19, 2014.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerJorge CabreraLocationArada, HondurasSoldiers carry a body bag near a crime scene in Arada, Honduras, November 19, 2014. The bodies of Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister Sofia, 23, were found buried near a river in the mountainous region of Santa Barbara in western Honduras, said Leandro Osorio, head of the criminal investigation unit. Alvarado was found murdered just days before she was due to compete in the Miss World pageant in London, police said on November...Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerYuya Shino


Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo November 19,

2014.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerVincent Kessler

LocationMULHOUSE, France

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech at a campaign rally for the

leadership of the UMP political party in Mulhouse, France, November 19, 2014.

Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014




Masked pro-democracy protesters try to break a glass window of the Legislative

Council in Hong Kong early November 19, 2014, in response to an earlier clear up of part

of the "Occupy Central" protest site.

Nov. 19, 2014


Morning Collection by Christine Willis depicts novice monks in Kalaw, Myanmar, also known as Burma. This image was commended by the judges for its beautiful colours and Willis has donated her charity prize to the Church of the Epiphany, in Droylsden.

Nov. 19, 2014


The judges felt that the innocence of giving by Anthony Melendrez showed human spirit and told the story of giving through the eyes of a young child.

Nov. 19, 2014


Clashes have taken place between Hong Kong police and a small group of protesters who tried to break into parliament early on Wednesday. Metal barricades were used to break down a side door at the Legislative Council building. Protesters calling for full democracy have occupied three key sites in Hong Kong for nearly eight weeks.

Nov. 19, 2014


Glass doors were shattered after the protesters tried to break into the building Assembly in Hong Kong.

Nov. 19, 2014


The colourful boots of the Uruguay players as they line up before their friendly football match against Chile in Santiago.

Nov. 19, 2014


French President Francois Hollande signs the visitors' book at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. MrHollande was in Australia for the G20 Summit over the weekend.

Nov. 19, 2014


Prince Harry enjoys a mock sword fight with a local man during a visit to the Nizwa Fort in Oman, during his three-day visit to the Middle East.

Nov. 19, 2014


A farmer winnows crops on the outskirts of Agartala, the capital of India's north-eastern state of Tripura.

Nov. 19, 2014


Google has become the first company to rent the world's largest and most expensive digital billboard, in Times Square, New York. The billboard is eight storeys high and is estimated to cost $2.5m (£1.6m) to hire for four weeks.

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerKCNA KCNALocationPYONGYANG, North KoreaNorth Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visits a Korean People's Army fishery station.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014

Inside North Korea


PhotographerKCNA KCNALocationPYONGYANG, North KoreaA view of workers on the production line during a visit by North Korean leader Kim Jung Un to the newly commissioned Kalma Foodstuff Factory in an undated photo.Reuters / Friday, August 15, 2014

Inside North Korea


PhotographerKCNA KCNA

LocationPYONGYANG, North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jung Un visits the newly commissioned Kalma Foodstuff Factory in an

undated photo.Reuters / Friday, August 15, 2014

Inside North Korea


A group of foreign tourists wearing traditional Japanese

kimonos Portal torii, the entrance to a temple, in the

shopping district and the Office of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan.

Nov. 19, 2014


Mr. Dean Clark hug Frida, a Chihuahua dog that, while the Board of supervisors of the city of San Francisco to report commendations Frida's "Mayor of San Francisco in a day" in San Francisco, California, March 11, 2014. Frida won the first title of his politics as part of a campaign to support the shelter for animals of the city.

Nov. 19, 2014


A woman carries a toddler wearing a mask to protect from

pollutants on a street during a hazy day in Beijing Wednesday,

Nov. 19, 2014. During APEC summit In China, U.S. President Barack Obama set an ambitious target for cutting U.S. emissions

in a landmark deal in which China will also rein in its emissions. In

Australia G20 summit, he pledged $3 billion to help poorer

nations address changing temperatures. (AP Photo/Andy

Wong)

Nov. 19, 2014


Ayanna Williams displays her 23 inch (58 centimeter) nails at a book launch in London, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The 56 year old stars in a book entitled ‘Ripley’s Believe it or Not! 2015 Annual, Reality Shock’, a compendium of strange but true facts and stories. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Nov. 19, 2014


Indian school children participate in a rally to mark World Toilet Day in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Nov.19, 2014. India is considered to have the world’s worst sanitation record despite spending some $3 billion since 1986 on sanitation programs, according to government figures. U.N. figures show of India’s 1.2 billion people, 665 million, mostly those in the countryside, don’t have access to a private toilet or latrine, something taken for granted in developed nations. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Nov. 19, 2014


A green sea turtle crawls to the ocean on a beach in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Bali police released more than 40 turtles which they seized Tuesday from illegal poachers. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Nov. 19, 2014


People, who were displaced from Pakistan’s tribal areas due to fighting between the Taliban and the army, walk on a dusty road at dusk in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Nov. 19, 2014


Pakistani children, evacuating residents along with his family from Pakistan's tribal areas because of the fighting between the Taliban and the army, cricket in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.

Nov. 19, 2014


Protesters sit idle while others holding shields after they tried to break into the building Assembly in Hong Kong.

Nov. 19, 2014


A man trying to dig the aisle for the car in the city of Lancaster, New York, United States of America. A storm has put down a meter and a half of snow in those areas throughout the western part of the State of New York, while a Blizzard of other's in this area.

Nov. 19, 2014


The adherents of the Indians to leave the shrine of Rampal Maharaj in Hisar, a 175 km north of New Delhi. Police found five bodies after the RAID the shrine in northern India, where thousands of people took refuge for several days.

Nov. 19, 2014


The Druze man and loved ones funeral of Israeli Druze police officer, Zidan Sif Yanuh-Jat village in northern Israel. SIF, 30 years old, was killed because of injuries on Tuesday after two Palestinian cousins hold the meat cutters and a gun stormed into a synagogue in Jerusalem in the morning prayers Tuesday, killing four people in the bloodiest attack in the city for years.

Nov. 19, 2014


A Kurdish refugee woman in Syria from the region of Kobani in Suruc town, border

Turkey-Syria.Nov. 19, 2014


Students break the security fence of the police on Parliament Square in a protest against increased University

fees in London.

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerRussell CheyneLocationGLASGOW, United KingdomEngland's Wayne Rooney celebrates his goal during their international friendly soccer match against Scotland at Celtic Park Stadium in Glasgow.Reuters / Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


Wayne Rooney of England celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the

friendly match against Scotland at Celtic Park in Glasgow. England won 3-1.

Google billboard in Times Square, New York

Nov. 19, 2014


Tourists photographing the statue ' the ' Paddington Bear

Paddington station in London.

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerBaz RatnerLocationYANUH-JAT, IsraelMembers of the Druze community watch the funeral of Israeli Druze police officer ZidanNahad Seif in the northern village of Yanuh-Jat, a day after two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed four rabbis and a Druze police officer in a Jerusalem synagogue before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerAnthony PhelpsLocationWellington, New ZealandChina's President Xi Jinping receives a hongi, a traditional Maori welcome, from Maori elder Lewis Moeau (R) as he arrives on the Government House grounds in Wellington.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerOmar SobhaniLocationKABUL, AfghanistanAfghan security forces arrive at the site of a Taliban assault in Kabul. Four Afghan Taliban suicide bombers died when a group of the militants tried to storm an international zone in Kabul in the latest high-profile assault aimed at foreign targets in Afghanistan.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerPOOL New

LocationBUFFALO, United States

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo climbs over snow piled on the highway after talking with a stranded trucker on interstate I-190 while surveying an area in West

Seneca, New York, after an autumn blizzard dumped a year's worth of snow on western New York state.


Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerJASON REDMONDLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesA man in an LED light mask (2nd R) performs the live art piece "Player" as he sits among visitors during the press preview of French artist Pierre Huyghe's first major retrospective, featuring approximately 60 works from the past 25 years, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerAhmad Masood

LocationNEW DELHI, India

Rag pickers collect recyclable material at a garbage dump in New Delhi.


Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerRonen ZvulunLocationJERUSALEM, IsraelA bullet hole is seen in a door of a synagogue in Jerusalem where two Palestinian militants killed four rabbis and a policeman.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerAmmar AwadLocationJERUSALEM, IsraelPalestinian girls, relatives of Abdel-Rahman Shaloudi stand on a staircase near his destroyed home in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan. Israel on Wednesday destroyed the home of a Palestinian, Shaloudi, who last month ran over and killed two people at a Jerusalem tram stop.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerYusuf AhmadLocationMAKASSAR, IndonesiaIndonesian police take cover as a molotov cocktail is thrown at them by student protesters during a protest against the new president's decision to hike fuel prices this week in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerYusuf AhmadLocationMAKASSAR, IndonesiaAn Indonesian student protester runs after he caught fire while throwing a molotovcocktail towards police during a protest against the new president's decision to hike fuel prices this week in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerThomas PeterLocationKYOTO, JapanA woman, dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono, poses for tourists in Kyoto, western Japan.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerPeter NichollsLocationLONDON, United KingdomDemonstrators break through barricades in Parliament Square in front of the Houses of Parliament, as they participate in a protest against student loans and in favor of free education, in central London.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


A sister handed out balloons and a humanoid robot at the International Conference on humanoid Robots in Madrid, Spain, on November 19, 2014.

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerAlkis KonstantinidisLocationATHENS, GreeceA Syrian refugee reacts during a rally in Athens, Greece, November 19, 2014.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerRonen ZvulunLocationJERUSALEM, IsraelJewish worshippers pray at a synagogue in Jerusalem where two Palestinian militants killed four rabbis and a policeman November 19, 2014.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerEric GaillardLocationMONACO, MonacoPrince Albert II of Monaco kisses his wife Princess Charlene as they stand at the Palace balcony during a parade for Monaco's National Day November 19, 2014.Reuters / Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


A sister handed out balloons and a humanoid robot at the International Conference on humanoid Robots in Madrid, Spain, on November 19, 2014.

Nov. 19, 2014


A car with snow on the roof of the giant platform running on Highway 20 in thick snow fall after in Lancaster, New York, United States of America, on November 19, 2014.

Nov. 19, 2014


PhotographerNour Fourat

LocationRAQQA, Syria

Blood stains are seen on a wall as men collect human remains

at a site hit by what activists said was an airstrike by forces

loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Raqqa, eastern

Syria, which is controlled by the Islamic State November 19,

2014.Reuters / Wednesday,

November 19, 2014

Nov. 19, 2014


Nov. 20 , 2014


A Kurdish refugee girl, who is from the Syrian town of Kobani, cooks outside her tent at a refugee camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, in Turkey, November 20, 2014.

Nov. 20, 2014


A man wearing a face mask walks past a poster near a construction site in Beijing. Manufacturing activity in China stagnated in November, according to a report by HSBC warning of "significant" pressures on the world's second-largest economy.Fishermen in Brazil

Nov. 20, 2014


Yachts are seen in South Africa's Cape Town Table Bay at the start of a leg of the Volvo Ocean Race to Abu Dhabi.

Nov. 20, 2014


Models pose at the opening of the Auckland War Memorial Museum's World of Wearable Art (WOW) exhibition in New Zealand.

Nov. 20, 2014


Men fish in a style practised for centuries in a wetland area also used for cattle grazing, in the Amazon basin, in Maranhao state, Brazil.

Nov. 20, 2014


Twice a week, people meet at the Landwehrplatz in Saarbruecken, Germany, to practise the martial art of kung-fu.

Nov. 20, 2014


A member of Paraguay's National Anti-Drugs Secretariat (SENAD) special forces cuts open a sack of marijuana near the city of Curuguaty.Nov. 20, 2014


A veiled Indian woman talks to another as they harvest paddy at a rice field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014.About 60 percent of Indians work in the agriculture sector that contributes 16 to 20 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath

Nov. 20, 2014


Workers hang up the painting ‘Skull’ (1976) by Andy Warhol during the setting of the exhibition ‘Death and Disaster’ in Chemnitz, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. The Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz will present this group of works by Andy Warhol for the first time in a European museum. The exhibition starts on Nov. 23, 2014 and lasts until Feb. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Nov. 20, 2014


Stephanie Erdman, an Air Force 1st lieutenant, describes her experience when she was injured by metal fragments from a defective airbag made by Takata of Japan, as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the devices linked to multiple deaths and injuries in cars driven in the US. Hiroshi Shimizu, senior vice president of global quality assurance at Takata, waits to testify at far left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nov. 20, 2014


Ethiopian Jewish clergymen hold umbrellas as they pray during the ‘Sigd’ holiday in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. The prayer is performed by Ethiopian Jews every year to celebrate the biblical union between the Jewish people and God. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Nov. 20, 2014



BUFFALO, United StatesStorm clouds and snow blows off Lake

Erie in Buffalo, New York, November 18, 2014.

Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


A pedestrian walks through deep snow on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in Cheektowaga, N.Y. A new blast of lake-effect snow pounded Buffalo for a third day piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with nearly 8 feet of snow on the ground when it’s all done. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Nov. 20, 2014


Nov. 20, 2014


A man digs out his driveway in Depew, N.Y., on Nov. 19. The Buffalo area found itself buried under as much as 5½ feet of snow Wednesday.

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerAaron Lynett

LocationBUFFALO, United States

Storm clouds and snow blow from Lake Erie over the still-closed Route 5 highway

in Lackawanna, near Buffalo, New York November 20, 2014.


Nov. 20, 2014


A cat looks at a chicken and its chicks, in Caykara, on the Turkey-Syria border, across from the Syrian city of Kobani, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Nov. 20, 2014


A riot police officer falls after protesters threw molotov cocktails at them near the airport in Mexico City,Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Mexico City is bracing for demonstrations as caravans of students and family members of 43 missing college students converged on the capital after several days crisscrossing the country. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)Nov. 20, 2014


Those who bathe in the Turkish drink contains wine Beaujolais Nouveau in a "wine spa" in the city of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, about 100 miles west of Tokyo, after the wine embargo be lifted.

Nov. 20, 2014


Jets de combats du Portugal, à gauche et les combattants du Canada ont participé à la patrouille de l'espace aérien de la Mission de l'OTAN en Lituanie. L'OTAN, qui compte 16 avions de combat dans la région de la surveillance de l'espace aérien balte, affirment régulièrement chose Jet d'identifier « appareil non identifié ou éventuellement de patrouille ennemie » près de l'espace aérien dans la région, WH

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerInts KalninsLocationSIAULIAI, LithuaniaPortuguese Air Force fighter F-16 (R) and Canadian Air Force fighter CF-18 Hornet patrol over Baltics air space, from the Zokniaiair base near Siauliai, Lithuania, November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerInts KalninsLocationSIAULIAI, LithuaniaPortuguese Air Force fighter F-16 (R) and Canadian Air Force fighter CF-18 Hornet patrol over Baltics air space, from the Zokniai air base near Siauliai, Lithuania, November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerJorge Cabrera

LocationSanta Barbara, Honduras

Teresa Munoz mourns over the coffin of her daughter Maria

Jose Alvarado during a wake for Maria Jose and her sister Sofia

outside their home in Santa Barbara, Honduras November

20, 2014. The Honduran beauty queen has been found shot

dead in a suspected crime of passion just days before she

was due to compete in the Miss World pageant in London,

police said.Reuters / Thursday, November

20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


Residents and tourists try and push a whale back into the ocean on Popoyo beach in Rivas, Nicaragua, on Nov. 14. They were unable to help the beached whale discovered Friday morning.

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationFerguson, United StatesArtist Damon Davis poses for a photograph in front of his art project called #AllHandsOnDeck, which features pictures of hands hung up on boarded-up shop fronts in Ferguson, Missouri November 20, 2014. "The aim of the project is to promote solidarity, hope and inspiration," Davis said.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerBen NelmsLocationBurnaby, CanadaA Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer grabs the throat of a protester after clashes broke out during a demonstration against the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, British Columbia November 20, 2014. Environmental protesters have been blocking work at two Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP sites in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby, three days after a court injunction for their removal came into...Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerSTRINGER Mexico

LocationCiudad Juarez, Mexico

Demonstrators walk past hand imprints during a protest over the 43

missing Ayotzinapa students in Ciudad Juarez November 20, 2014.


Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerMohamed Nureldin AbdallahLocationTabit, SudanA military convoy of government forces accompanying Special Prosecutor for Crimes in Darfur Yasir Ahmed Mohamed and his team moves towards Tabit village in North Darfur, Sudan November 20, 2014. The joint peacekeeping mission known as UNAMID has been trying to gain access to visit Tabit since earlier this month to investigate media reports of an alleged mass rape of 200 women and girls in Tabit.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerIlya Naymushin

LocationKRASNOYARSK, Russia

Yevgeny Panteleikin, a local blogger, dumps a bucket of cold liquid nitrogen on himself during a flash mob on the embankment of the

Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, November 20, 2014. Panteleikin and several other enthusiasts poured cold liquid

nitrogen on themselves, bearing the temperature of about minus 196 degrees Celsius (minus 320.8 degrees Fahrenheit), while taking

part in an event resembling the popular "Ice Bucket...Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerBassam KhabiehLocationDAMASCUS, SyriaA man lights a candle by his shop at night in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus November 19, 2014. Residents in eastern al-Ghouta have been cut off the main electricity grid for two years, activists said, relying on generators and other sources of light at night.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerAntonio Bronic

LocationHrabove, Ukraine

Local workers transport a piece of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 wreckage

at the site of the plane crash near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in Donetsk

region, eastern Ukraine November 20, 2014.


Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerAjay VermaLocationCHANDIGARH, IndiaSatguru Rampalji Maharaj, a self-styled "godman" is escorted to the high court after his arrest, in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerBeawiharta Beawiharta

LocationJAKARTA, Indonesia

Volunteers use a paddle raft to move an elderly woman to a safe

place at Jatinegara district in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 20,

2014. Heavy rain caused flooding in some parts of the capital.


Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerStringer .LocationAZAZ, SyriaChildren gesture while posing for a picture at the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border November 19, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerStringer .LocationDARAA, SyriaAn injured boy rests waiting to receive treatment at a field hospital after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Meraba, eastern countryside of Daraa, Syria, November 19, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerBassam Khabieh

LocationDAMASCUS, Syria

Residents manage an electric box for electricity distributed by generators in

eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus November 19, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam

KhabiehReuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Syria in the darkNov. 20, 2014


PhotographerBassam KhabiehLocationDAMASCUS, SyriaA timber vendor sells firewood used for cooking and heating in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus November 19, 2014. REUTERS/Bassam KhabiehReuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerCarlos BarriaLocationSHANGHAI, ChinaA man works at an abandoned construction site in Shanghai November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerFaisal NasserLocationRIYADH, Saudi ArabiaAhmed Aljneibi (L) of the United Arab Emirates fights for the ball with Ahmed Khalaf of Iraq during their Gulf Cup soccer match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 20, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal Al NasserReuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationFerguson, United StatesPolice arrest a protester, who was demanding the criminal indictment of a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in August, after she was among others blocking traffic outside the Ferguson Police Station in Missouri November 20, 2014. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerCarlos JassoLocationMexico City, MexicoA masked demonstrator throws a petrol bomb towards riot police during a protest over the 43 missing Ayotzinapastudents, near the Benito Juarez International airport in Mexico City November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerDaniel Becerril

LocationMonterrey, Mexico

Demonstrators yell slogans while carrying torches during a protest in support of 43

missing Ayotzinapa students, in Monterrey, Mexico, November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerNavesh Chitrakar

LocationKathmandu, Nepal

Devotees walk along the bridge at the premises of the Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala

Chaturdashi festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 21, 2014. The festival is celebrated

by the worshipers by lighting oil lamps and scattering seven types of grains known as "sat

biu" honoring the departed along a route at the temple.


Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerTomas BravoLocationMexico City, MexicoA girl walks past riot policemen guarding one of the access roads to Benito Juarez International airport after demonstrators staged a protest over the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students in Mexico City November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerMike BlakeLocationLAS VEGAS, United StatesAneeka perfoms "Ojo Por Ojo" at the15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerAmit DaveLocationAHMEDABAD, IndiaLabourers rest as a boy playfully shovels coal at a yard in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, India, November 20, 2014. InReuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014




A Kurdish refugee boy, who is from the Syrian town of Kobani, carries a wooden beam for his tent in a refugee

camp in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, Turkey, November 20, 2014.


Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerNigel Marple

LocationAuckland, New Zealand

China's President Xi Jinping walks with New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, while

being escorted to a lunch by a Maori warrior, in Auckland, November 21, 2014.

REUTERS/Nigel MarpleReuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerNavesh Chitrakar

LocationKathmandu, Nepal

Devotees holding oil lamps perform religious rituals at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple, during the Bala Chaturdashi

festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal, November 21, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


PhotographerKacper PempelLocationSwidnica, PolandGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel listens to Poland's Secretary of State Wladyslaw Bartoszewski (C) and Malgorzata Omilanowska (R), Poland's Minister of culture and national heritage before the start of a mass in the Church of Peace in the town of Swidnica, Poland, November 20, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 20, 2014


WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: U.S. President Barack Obama departs after announcing executive actions on U.S. immigration policy during a nationally televised address from the White House, November 20, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama outlined a plan on Thursday to ease the threat of deportation for about 4.7 million undocumented immigrants. (Photo by Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images)

Nov. 20, 2014


Keyling Enamorado, a friend of slain beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado, cries on Maria's coffin in Santa Barbara, Honduras, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Grieving family members laid to rest the Honduran beauty queen and her sister, Sofia, after the women were shot to death in what police say was a jealous rage by the sister's boyfriend. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Nov. 20, 2014


Nov. 21 , 2014


In this picture taken with a long time exposure Gregor Deschwanden of Switzerland soars through the air during the qualification at the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Klingenthal, Germany, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Nov. 21, 2014


Children out of school climb a wall to see a civilian helicopter land in Gueckedou, Guinea, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Officials in Guinea say bandits during a roadside robbery stole a cooler containing blood samples that are believed to have Ebola, from a vehicle traveling from Kankan prefecture in central Guinea to a test site in Gueckedou, in the south. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Nov. 21, 2014


Kashmiri villagers attend the funeral procession of Shiraz Ahmed, a suspected rebel, at Panzren village, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Thousands attended the funeral of three suspected rebels in Indian Kashmir Friday, a day after they were killed in a gun battle with government forces in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Nov. 21, 2014


Wiley Bridgeman, 60, of Cleveland, left, is all smiles as his brother Ronnie, who is now known as Kwame Ajamu chokes up as they walk from the Cuyahoga County Justice Center after Bridgeman’s release from a life sentence for a 1975 murder, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 in Cleveland. The dismissal came after the key witness against Bridgeman, his brother and childhood friend Ricky Jackson recanted last year and said Cleveland police detectives coerced him into testifying that the three killed businessman Harry Franks the afternoon of May 19, 1975. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Nov. 21, 2014


A 40-pound tom turkey flaps his wing as Chris Conley carries him to a pen at Raymond’s Turkey Farm in Methuen, Mass., Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. The farm raises approximately 20,000 Broad Breasted White Holland turkeys per year. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Nov. 21, 2014


A shopper is seen through Christmas decorations as he uses his smartphone to take a photo at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. The spirit of Christmas is felt very much in Muslim-dominated Malaysia, shopping malls in Malaysia decorate their premises with Christmas trees, lights, Santa Claus and carols as a chance to boost year-end sales. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerKevin Lamarque

LocationLAS VEGAS, United States

President Barack Obama speaks about immigration reform during a visit to Del Sol

High School in Las Vegas, Nevada November 21, 2014.

Reuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationST. LOUIS, United StatesAn activist, wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, watches a press conference from the sidelines at the Greatest St. Mark's Family Church in Ferguson, Missouri November 21, 2014.Reuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerCarlos Garcia Rawlins

LocationCARACAS, Venezuela

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduromakes a heart-shaped gesture during a

meeting with students outside MirafloresPalace in Caracas November 21, 2014.

REUTERS/Carlos Garcia RawlinsReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerDanish IsmailLocationPANJRAN, IndiaA relative of suspected militant Shiraz Ahmad Ganai weeps during his funeral at Panjran village, about 50 km (28 miles) south of Srinagar November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014



BUFFALO, United StatesA snow-covered field is seen near Buffalo,

New York, November 21, 2014. Warm temperatures and rain were forecast for the weekend in the city of Buffalo and western

New York, bringing the threat of widespread flooding to the region bound for days by deep snow. REUTERS/Lindsay

DeDarioReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerGleb Garanich

LocationKIEV, Ukraine

A woman reacts as she sits near photos

of anti-Yanukovichprotesters killed

during clashes, during a commemoration

ceremony for them in Kiev, Ukraine,

November 21, 2014.Reuters / Friday,

November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerAkintunde Akinleye

LocationLagos, Nigeria

Men push a log out of the water near Okobabasawmill at the edge of the Lagos Lagoon,

Nigeria, June 24, 2014.Reuters / Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


Big-wave surfer Andrew Cotton of Britain drops in on a large wave at Praia do

Norte, in Nazare, Portugal.

Nov. 21, 2014


A sinkhole measuring 20m by 30m that has appeared to the east of the Solikamsk-2 mine in the Perm region of Russia could grow in size, but according to local emergency services poses no danger to the nearest town.

Nov. 21, 2014


Boca Juniors football fans climb a fence before the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana semi-final against River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Nov. 21, 2014


Florida State University (FSU) students hold candles during the Gathering of Unity vigil on campus after the shooting of three students earlier in the day. About 3,000 students attended the vigil according to FSU Police Chief David Perry in Tallahassee, Florida.

Nov. 21, 2014


Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), walks past a supporter in Rochester, England, after the party won a by-election to give it its second elected MP at Westminster.

Nov. 21, 2014


Smoke towers over the site of an explosion at a propane dealer in the town of Jackson in the US state of Wyoming. The blast forced several businesses and a small school to be evacuated.

Nov. 21, 2014



Yamal Peninsula, RussiaA member of an expedition group stands on

the edge of a newly formed crater on the Yamal Peninsula, northern Siberia November 9,

2014. REUTERSReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


England's Will Stevens will make his Formula 1 debut in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, partnering Kamui Kobayashi at Caterham. He is seen here behind the wheel during a practice session ahead of the race which takes place on Sunday.

Nov. 21, 2014


The US states of New York, New Hampshire and Michigan were hit by heavy snowfall that killed at least seven people and trapped many more in their homes, as well as causing travel mayhem.

Nov. 21, 2014


Indonesian riot police take cover outside the university in Makassar during clashes with protesters who are against a 30% increase in fuel prices. The move is an attempt to save the economy more than $8bn (£5bn) in 2015. The subsidisedfuel prices in Indonesia are among the cheapest in the world.

Nov. 21, 2014


Relatives of 43 missing Mexican students led mass protests in the capital demanding action from the government to find them. The students, all trainee teachers, went missing after attending a protest in

Iguala in Guerrero State.

Nov. 21, 2014


An aerial picture shows a deforested area dotted with blue tarpaulins that mark the homes of miners at an illegal gold mining

site in La Pampa in Peru. Less than a month before the country plays host to

global climate talks, the government sent a battalion of police into south-eastern

jungles to dismantle camps like this one.Ballot boxes arrive at Medway Park in Gillingham as as the polls close on the

Rochester and Strood by-election.

Nov. 21, 2014


A man sits on a bus stop as he participates in a Zombie Walk in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The procession of the living dead is an annual event in which each participant is asked to donate food for those in need.

Nov. 21, 2014


Trucks waiting to dump the snow was taken out of the settlement after the snowstorm wreaks a huge amount of snow down the city of Buffalo, New York.

Nov. 21, 2014


The nuns and the Catholic priest who Myanmar celebrates 500 years of Catholic Church in Myanmar in Yangon.

Nov. 21, 2014


People take part in a protest in the Centre of Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine celebrates a year of protests the European preteen body taken to change the country's leadership and bring Ukraine closer to the EU.

Nov. 21, 2014


Fishermen Estelito Marijuan expose dried fish in Manila Bay, Philippines. On November 21, the fished the world fisheries Day aims to raise awareness of overfishing, habitat destruction and the serious threat to the lasting of the marine and freshwater resources.

Nov. 21, 2014


Oil lamps of faithful lit BagmatiPashupatinath temple area, flows in the Bala Chaturdashi, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Adherents celebrate this holiday by lighting and lamps and sprinkled seven nuts called "sat biu" honoring the deceased.

Nov. 21, 2014


The TV Tower in Berlin, Germany, after the Christmas decoration lights.

Nov. 21, 2014


Fans cheer for a player Gael Monfils of France in the final of the men's singles tennis player Roger Federer of Switzerland in the Davis Cup-Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve d'Ascq, near Lille, France.

Nov. 21, 2014


People participate in cycling to promote bicycling as an environmental-friendly transport, in Damascus, Syria.Nov. 21, 2014


Supporters of the Tunisian presidential candidate Beji caid Essebsi (pictured), saying slogans and waved flags on the Avenue Bourguiba in Tunis, in an election campaign ahead of the upcoming presidential elections on 23 November.

Nov. 21, 2014


Thick fog covered docks in Husum, Germany. The weather forecast says there will be heavy rain in the coming days.

Nov. 21, 2014


The beach Vermelha in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Nov. 21, 2014


A lamppost is turned into a yellow umbrella near the

main stage of the rally venue in the Admiralty area

of Hong Kong. The public's support for the protesters

descending after nearly two months of occupation of the

streets.

Nov. 21, 2014


Students wearing masks of President of Indonesia Joko Widodo with long nose to protest fuel price increases outside the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. Mr. Widodoannounced the decision sharply increased fuel prices on Monday, saying that the Government's subsidy would be better spent for infrastructure and development.

Nov. 21, 2014


The Soyuz-FG launch rigs in Russia with the spaceship Soyuz TMA-15 m will take a new crew to the international space station, at the CosmodromeBaikonur launch pad that Russia rents in Kazakhstan. The new Soyuz space mission starting on Monday.

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerHannibal HanschkeLocationBerlin, GermanyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel are reflected in a window as they review the honour guard before talks at the Chancellery in Berlin November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Hannibal HanschkeReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerAdrees LatifLocationST. LOUIS, United StatesRae, a performance activist, protests against what she said was 'police brutality' while taking part in a mock lynching near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerStringer TurkeyLocationISTANBUL, TurkeyParticipants wait backstage before the country's first ever transgender/transsexual fashion show in Istanbul late November 20, 2014. REUTERS/Yagiz KarahanReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerToru HanaiLocationTokyo, JapanJapan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his party's lawmakers raise their fists as they pledge to win in the upcoming lower house election at their party headquarters in Tokyo November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerJoe PenneyLocationTIMBUKTU, MaliFrench soldiers from Operation Barkhane and Malian soldiers pose for a picture with a village chief some 30km (18.6 miles) north of Timbuktu November 6, 2014. REUTERS/Joe PenneyReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerJon NazcaLocationSEVILLE, SpainSpain's Duchess of Alba Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva's, daughter Maria Eugenia Martinez de Irujo(front L-R), granddaughter Cayetana, grandson Luis Martinez, and other relatives cry after her funeral outside a cathedral in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Jon NazcaReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerMahmoud Hebbo

LocationALEPPO, Syria

A double rainbow is seen over damaged buildings in Aleppo November 21, 2014.

REUTERS/Mahmoud HebboReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerKevin LamarqueLocationLAS VEGAS, United StatesU.S. President Barack Obama signs two Presidential Memoranda associated with his Executive Actions on immigration from his office on Air Force One upon his arrival in Las Vegas, Nevada November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerVincent Kessler

LocationMETZ, France

Metz's Florent Malouda (L) challenges Paris St Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic

during their French Ligue 1 soccer match at the Saint Symphorien

stadium in Metz November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Reuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerAndrea De SilvaLocationD'Abadie, Trinidad and TobagoEnvironmental activist Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh lies on a cot on the 65th day of his hunger strike, on the porch of his home in D'Abadie, northern Trinidad, November 20, 2014. REUTERS/Andrea De SilvaReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


PhotographerJoshua Roberts

LocationWashington, United States

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L), World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim (C), and

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde stand during a briefing to the

media after the UN Chief Executive Board's private session on the Ebola response in Washington

November 21, 2014. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters / Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 21, 2014


Nov. 22 , 2014


PhotographerAthit PerawongmethaLocationBANGKOK, ThailandThousands of Buddhist monks attend a mass alms-offering ceremony in Bangkok's shopping district November 23, 2014. A total of 10,000 Buddhist monks attended the event, according to organisers. REUTERS/Athit PerawongmethaReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerGustau Nacarino

LocationBARCELONA, Spain

Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates his second goal with teammates during their

Spanish first division soccer match against Sevilla at Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona

November 22, 2014. REUTERS/GustauNacarino

Reuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerMark Blinch

LocationCowlesville, United States

Phil Mohun does a back flip off of his family home after

clearing snow from the roof following a massive snowstorm

in Cowlesville, New York, November 22, 2014.

REUTERS/Mark BlinchReuters / Saturday, November

22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerCathal McNaughtonLocationDUBLIN, IrelandIreland's Rob Kearney (L) tackles Australia's Israel Falou during their international rugby test match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin November 22, 2014. REUTERS/CathalMcNaughtonReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerKai Pfaffenbach

LocationFRANKFURT, Germany

A German riot police officer fights with Blockupy protester in front of the

new European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, November

22, 2014. REUTERS/Kai PfaffenbachReuters / Saturday, November 22,

2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerGleb GaranichLocationKIEV, UkraineA girl stands at a monument with inscriptions of locations that suffered in the Holodomorfamine, during a commemoration ceremony for the victims, in Kiev November 22, 2014. REUTERS/GlebGaranichReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerRegis DuvignauLocationBORDEAUX, FranceFormer French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) attends a political rally with Bordeaux's mayor Alain Juppe (R) as he campaigns for the leadership of the UMP political party in Bordeaux, southwestern France, November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Regis DuvignauReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerToby MelvilleLocationLONDON, United KingdomManchester United's Wayne Rooney (R) celebrates an own goal by Arsenal's Kieran Gibbs during their English Premier League soccer match at the Emirates Stadium in London November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerArben Celi

LocationTIRANA, Albania

Albanians shout slogans during a protest against the government

in front of Prime Minister Edi Rama's office in Tirana November

22, 2014. REUTERS/Arben CeliReuters / Saturday, November 22,

2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerVincent WestLocationEIBAR, SpainReal Madrid's Karim Benzema (bottom) and Gareth Bale (R) leap for the ball with Eibar'sAbraham Minero during their Spanish first division soccer match at Ipurua stadium in Eibar, November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Vincent WestReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerAndrew YatesLocationNEWCASTLE, United KingdomNewcastle United's Michael Williamson (top) heads the ball clear during their English Premier League soccer match against Queens Park Rangers in Newcastle, northern England November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew YatesReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerPascal RossignolLocationVILLENEUVE D'ASCQ, FranceSwitzerland's Roger Federer (L) celebrates with his team mate Stanislas Wawrinka after they defeated France's Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquetduring their Davis Cup final doubles tennis match at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d'Ascq, near Lille, November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerKYODO KyodoLocationHakuba town, JapanAn aerial view shows collapsed houses after an earthquake in Hakubatown, Nagano prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo November 23, 2014. REUTERSReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014




Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani look out from broken windows in

an empty school building in the Turkish border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province

November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Reuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerLeonhard FoegerLocationVIENNA, AustriaU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L), Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) and EU envoy Catherine Ashton pose for photographers before a meeting in Vienna November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerGleb Garanich

LocationKIEV, Ukraine

A woman holds a candle during a commemoration ceremony at a

monument for Holodomor victims, in Kiev November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb

GaranichReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerStephane MaheLocationNANTES, FranceA protester is arrested during a demonstration against police brutality in Nantes, western France, November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Stephane MaheReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


PhotographerThomas PeterLocationTOKYO, JapanTakashi Miura of Japan (L) fights with Edgar Puerta of Mexico during their WBC boxing super featherweight title bout in Tokyo November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas PeterReuters / Saturday, November 22, 2014

Nov. 22, 2014


President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the Lady put flowers at the monument of victims of famine 1932-1933, Nov. 22.2014

Nov. 22, 2014


Posters of hands up decorate the exterior of a boarded up business as demonstrators march along a stretch of road where violent protests occurred following the August shooting of unarmed black teenager by a white police officer, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson and the St. Louis region are on edge in anticipation of the announcement by a grand jury whether to criminally charge officer Darren Wilson in the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Nov. 22, 2014


A woman takes a photo of the sidewalk memorial near the spot where Michael Brown was shot and killed more than three months ago, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson and the St. Louis region are on edge in anticipation of the announcement by a grand jury whether to criminally charge Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Nov. 22, 2014


Nov . 23 , 2014


PhotographerShamil Zhumatov

LocationBaikonur, KazakhstanThe Soyuz TMA-15M

spacecraft carrying the International Space Station

crew of Anton Shkaplerov of Russia, Terry Virts of the U.S.

and Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy blasts off from the launch

pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome November 24,

2014.Reuters / Sunday, November

23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerMario Anzuoni

LocationLOS ANGELES, United States

Taylor Swift performs "Blank Space" during the 42nd American Music Awards in Los Angeles,

California November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerIlya NaymushinLocationKRASNOYARSK, RussiaIvan Abrosimov, 78, a member of a local winter swimmers' club, does push-ups in the waters of Yenisei River in sub-zero temperatures in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerSuhaib SalemLocationGAZA CITY, Palestinian TerritoriesDaughters of 32-year-old Palestinian man Fadel Halawa, whom medics said was shot dead by Israeli forces, cry during his funeral in Gaza City November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerDominic EbenbichlerLocationSEEFELD, AustriaMountains are reflected in a small lake on a sunny autumn day in the western Austrian village of Seefeld, west of Innsbruck November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerEduard Korniyenko

LocationStavropol, Russia

A student from the General Yermolov Cadet School crosses an obstacle during a competition between school classes in the southern Russian

city of Stavropol, November 22, 2014. The cadet school is a state-run institution that teaches military and patriotic classes in addition to a

normal syllabus.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerRegis DuvignauLocationBORDEAUX, FranceA shadow is cast on the ice as Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia performs during the gala exhibition at the ISU Bompard Trophy Figure Skating event in Bordeaux, southwestern France, November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerMario Anzuoni

LocationLOS ANGELES, United States

Charli XCX performs a medley of songs during the 42nd American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California November 23, 2014.


Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerPOOL NewLocationVIENNA, AustriaU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif are pictured before a meeting in Vienna November 23, 2014. Iran, the United States and other world powers are all but certain to miss a deadline for negotiations to resolve a 12-year stand-off over Tehran's atomic ambitions, forcing them to seek an extension, sources say.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerJean-Paul PelissierLocationMARSEILLE, FranceOlympique Marseille's MichyBatshuayi (L) celebrates with teammate Andre-Pierre Gignac after scoring against Girondins Bordeaux during their French Ligue 1 soccer match at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerDarren StaplesLocationBIRMINGHAM, United KingdomAbdul Waheed poses for a photograph in Birmingham, central England November 20, 2014. For some British Muslims, the path to jihad and the path to peaceful aid work can traverse much of the same terrain. From a charity office in Britain's second largest city, Waheed is helping his colleague Waseem Iqbal and a friend plan a trip to Jordan, to bring food packages for Syrian refugees.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerHamad I MohammedLocationABU DHABI, United Arab EmiratesMercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain hugs his girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger after winning the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerCharles PlatiauLocationVILLENEUVE D'ASCQ, FranceSwitzerland's Roger Federer reacts after he defeated France's Richard Gasquet during their Davis Cup final singles tennis match at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d'Ascq, near Lille, November 23, 2014. Federer beat Gasquet to give Switzerland their first Davis Cup title with a 3-1 victory over hosts France in the final.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerChina Stringer Network

LocationWUHAN, China

Couples kiss during a kissing contest in Wuhan, Hubei province, November 23,

2014. Some 20 couples attended the contest and the winners have been

awarded an iPhone 6, according to local media.


Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerSuhaib Salem

LocationGAZA CITY, Palestinian

TerritoriesA relative of 32-year-old

Palestinian man Fadel Halawa, whom medics said was shot

dead by Israeli forces, mourns over his body during his funeral

in Gaza City November 23, 2014. The Palestinian Health

Ministry said Israeli forces shot dead Halawa in the northern

Gaza Strip, the first such fatality since a 50-day Gaza war ended

in August. The Israeli military had no immediate comment.

One of Halawa's relatives said he had been...


Nov. 23, 2014


PhotographerMario AnzuoniLocationLOS ANGELES, United StatesIggy Azalea accepts the award for favorite rap/hip hop album for "The New Classic" with producer T.I. during the 42nd American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California November 23, 2014.Reuters / Sunday, November 23, 2014

Nov. 23, 2014


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